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Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya says that last week’s article "Oilgate: Did Majali try to bribe Skweyiya?" excluded important information he provided to the newspaper. We publish his full responses to reporter Sam Sole’s questions.
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/ 14 February 2006
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel is expected to provide further details in Wednesday’s national Budget about the new form of business tax that will take the place of regional service council levies — including when enabling legislation is likely to be put to Parliament, says Local Government Research Centre head Clive Keegan.
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/ 14 February 2006
René Préval (63) was expected to appeal for calm in Haiti on Tuesday following protests over a vote count that put him short of the 50% he needs to be elected president in the first round. Tension remained high as Préval’s supporters insisted the frontrunner be declared president, despite the partial results.
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Britain has agreed to provide the Rwandan government with nearly -million over the next 10 years because it has a proven track record in fighting poverty, a British official said on Tuesday. Since the 1994 genocide that left more than 500 000 people dead, Britain and Luxembourg have been leading donors to the Rwandan government.
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Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Tuesday told the court trying him on charges of crimes against humanity that he and his co-defendants have launched a hunger strike. ”We have been on a hunger strike for three days,” Saddam declared as the trial resumed for its 12th hearing since its opened in October. ”Long live the great Arab nation” and ”long live the mujahideen,” he shouted.
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The JSE was a sea of red at noon on Tuesday after lower commodity prices sparked a widespread sell off. Decliners outnumbered advancers on the all share index by more than two to one. By noon, the all share index weakened 0,77%. Resources retreated 1,16%, with the gold and platinum mining indices dropping 3,36% and 3,04% respectively.
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It may be proclaimed as the blue riband event of alpine skiing, but a series of gruesome crashes in the women’s training has highlighted the inherent dangers of the downhill. Dressed only in a figure-hugging catsuits and helmets the skiing speed kings and queens hurtle down long, steep and icy slopes at speeds that could see you cautioned on any of the world’s motorways.
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s rape trial has been postponed to March 6. Zuma’s advocate, Kemp J Kemp, SC, said the postponement was at the request of the defence, which needed time to digest documents received from the prosecution on Monday morning.
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Leading Jersey-based investment house Ashburton has joined the chorus of offshore watchers of the South African economy who expect Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel to announce a significant relaxation in foreign-exchange controls during his Budget speech.
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With 30 minutes to go before the start of African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma’s second day in the dock at the Johannesburg High Court, support was in short supply — with only 20 supporters in attendance. Transvaal Judge President Bernard Ngoepe on Monday recused himself from the trial.